98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 388
Lepine à Paris, 61 mm, 170 g, circa 1780
An hour repeating verge pocket watch with hour strike
Case: copper, firegilt, rear bell. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, barrel, 1 hammer, three-arm brass balance.
Jean-Antonine Lépine (1720-1814) went to Paris in 1744 to work in the shop of André-Charles Caron. He later married Caron's daughter and obtained his master craftsman's certificate in 1756. Lépine became known in 1763 when he invented a new striking mechanism for pocket watches, which was made public in the "Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences" in 1766. Lépine was appointed clockmaker to the king in 1765; he took over his father-in-law's workshop a year later. His idea of replacing the backplate with bridges and cocks made the service of the watches much easier and achieved his breakthrough in 1770. He formed a partnership with Claude-Pierre Raguet in 1792 and called himself "Horloger du Roi" from then on.
An hour repeating verge pocket watch with hour strike
Case: copper, firegilt, rear bell. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, barrel, 1 hammer, three-arm brass balance.
Jean-Antonine Lépine (1720-1814) went to Paris in 1744 to work in the shop of André-Charles Caron. He later married Caron's daughter and obtained his master craftsman's certificate in 1756. Lépine became known in 1763 when he invented a new striking mechanism for pocket watches, which was made public in the "Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences" in 1766. Lépine was appointed clockmaker to the king in 1765; he took over his father-in-law's workshop a year later. His idea of replacing the backplate with bridges and cocks made the service of the watches much easier and achieved his breakthrough in 1770. He formed a partnership with Claude-Pierre Raguet in 1792 and called himself "Horloger du Roi" from then on.
Sold
estimated
2.200—4.000 €
Price realized
2.300 €